East Coast Sideline

by Cycle Ecosse
8 years ago
Near Berwick-upon-Tweed, GB

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This route follows the scenic stretch of railway that keeps train travellers mesmerised as they journey up and down the country, their neglected cups of coffee getting cold. This coast, facing off against the North Sea, and ravaged by salt water and heathen for millennia now makes up the hinterland between Scotland and England. Starting in the border town of Berwick - where national identities seem blurred and the accents are a ear bending mixture of Geordie and Scottish - you'll traverse the border between these two great rivals and sweep up past timeless fishing villages, all the while staring out over a wide horizon across a slate coloured sea towards the land of Vikings. On optional extension takes you initially further South (and further into England), to lonely and thought provoking Holy Island.